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No. 31 seed Krejcikova booked her place in Saturday's summit clash after battling off No. 4 seed Elena Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon champion, to a 3-6, 6-3, 6-comeback victory. 4 in the second semifinal on Thursday.It took Krejcikova 2 hours and 7 minutes to turn the match around and seal the...

The previous longest Wimbledon semi-final was Serena Williams' 6-7(4), 7-5, 8-6 defeat of Elena Dementieva in 2009, a match that lasted 2 hours and 49 minutes.Some 15 years later, Paolini held her first match point at 5-4 in the third set and her second at 6-5 before overcoming Vekic in the...

The Italian women had previously lost all four quarterfinals at Wimbledon before Paolini's 58-minute triumph on Center Court, which was also her first victory against Navarro .2, Coco Gauff, in the round of 16.With an initial break of 2-1, Paolini surged to win 11 of the next 12 games...